VITAMIN D BASAL LEVELS AND AFTER REPLACEMENT, COGNITIVE DISORDERS, MUSCULAR STRENGTH AND FALLS IN ADULTS AND ELDERLY PEOPLE ATTENDED OR NOT AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL-PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Author(s) -
THAIS JUNQUEIRA PEREIRA CAMARGO,
Regina Maria Innocêncio Ruscalleda
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
anais do congresso de iniciação científica da unicamp
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISSN - 2447-5114
DOI - 10.19146/pibic-2016-50737
Subject(s) - medicine , basal (medicine) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cognition , falls in older adults , physical therapy , cognitive impairment , gerontology , medical emergency , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , psychiatry , insulin
Determination of serum levels of vitamin D baseline and after replacement, and relate them to cognitive function, muscular strength and falls. The occurrence of inadequate levels of vitamin D is frequent among adults and elderly people. Oral supplementation of vitamin D in this phase of the project was accomplished, however, participants did not achieve adequate serum levels.
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